Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 3.32% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.245 at the close. Reds (AT:CAMr) added 2.50% or 0.020 points to end at 0.820 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was up 1.82% or 0.40 points to 22.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gek Terna (AT:HRMr), which lost 8.33% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.400 in late trade. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 7.22% or 0.0026 points to end at 0.0334 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) shed 6.33% or 0.2900 points to 4.2900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 33 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 7.70 to $1289.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.84% or 2.20 to hit $47.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 4.87% or 2.62 to trade at $56.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.90% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 96.325.